2013 homicides in Seattle

March 30, 2013 4:24 PM

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March 30, young man in Central District

– The 19-year-old victim was with friends in front of a residence in the 2500 block of South Norman Street when he was ambushed and shot by a man wearing a ski mask. The shooter ran to a waiting light-colored Mercedes-Benz and fled eastbound. The victim was rushed to Harborview Medical Center where he died. Police said they’re looking for people inside the car as well as the shooter, who was a black man with a thin build, and 5-foot-11 with dreadlocks or braided hair. Anyone with information has been asked to call 911.

March 30, young man in Central District – The 19-year-old... Photo-4401277.57947 - seattlepi.com

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March 6, Freddie Lee Kibby

– This 2013 homicide case started as an assault the night of July 22, 2012. Police said Kibby got into an argument with three men about 11 p.m. near Summit Avenue and East Olive Street, left, then returned with a shotgun. But the men disarmed him and beat him with it, causing injuries that put Kibby in a long-term care facility. He died March 6 from recurrent pneumonia and head trauma. “Homicide detectives are still investigating this case, but have identified everyone involved in the incident and do not believe this was a random attack,” department spokesman Jonah Spagenthal-Lee said the day after Kibby’s death.

- The men were sitting in a burgundy Jaguar when police say someone shot them both in the head at close range. Police have not released a suspect description in the case that was discovered about 6 a.m. near 39th Avenue South and South Kenyon Street. Both Westmoreland, 34, and Paul, 42, were felons with extensive criminal records and multiple domestic violence convictions.

- Keewatinawin, 21, was a schizophrenic sex offender who police said had threatened his father with a knife. Family members called 911 from outside the Greenwood home where the domestic violence happened and asked police to intervene. Officers arrived and chased Keewatinawin on foot after they said he refused to follow verbal commands. Investigators said one of the three officers perusing him, Michael Spalding, fell and was in a compromising position when Keewatinawin came over him with an 18-inch piece of rebar. Thats when Spalding and two other officers, Stephen Sperry and Tyler Spear, shot Keewatinawin. He later died at Harborview Medical Center. The case remains under investigation, and officer-involved shootings that are determined to be justifiable are not reported to the FBI for end-of-year uniformed crime statistics.

- Vo was shot in the 2400 block of South Columbian Way on Feb. 4 and rushed to Harborview Medical Center where he died the next day. Police have not released a suspect description or made arrests, but said the shooting was not random.

- On Jan. 27, Anderson argued with his girlfriend, who also is the mother of his child, at the Twilight Exit bar in the Central District. He left that Sunday night, then returned with a gun and shot her several times, and also shot the bouncer. After he went outside, investigators said he fired a round at officers. That's when Officer Anthony Ducre, who had previously won the departments Medal of Courage for a separate incident, shot and killed Anderson. The case remains under investigation, and officer-involved shootings that are determined to be justifiable are not reported to the FBI for end-of-year uniformed crime statistics.